Toy



May 21, 1940. 5. GOLD 2,201,486

TOY

Filed Sept. 15, 1938 Patented May 21, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICETOY Samuel Gold, Chicago, 111.

Application September 15, 1938, Serial No. 230,092

1 Claim.

The invention relates to improvements in toys and has for its primaryobject the provision of an improved motion toy which is capable ofeconomical production and highly eflicient in use.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a toy of thecharacter indicated which will produce a peculiar humming or droningnoise closely imitative of a motor running at high speed.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of partshereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawing forming a part of this specification and in which:

Fig 1 is a perspective view of a deflated rubber balloon embodying theinvention;

Fig. 2 an enlarged perspective view of a moving disc employed in thetoy;

Fig. 3 an end view of the balloon inflated and in which the motion orpath of the enclosed disc inoperation is indicated in dotted lines; and

Fig. 4 a side view of the inflated balloon shown in Fig. 3.

The embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawing comprises atoy rubber balloon l0 constructed in shape to constitute a globularchamber substantially in spherical form when inflated. The balloon I0 isprovided with the usual neck or mouthpiece I l for inflation purposesand the rubber band I2 is provided to be placed around the neck H in theusual way to maintain the balloon in inflated condition. A circularcardboard disc I3 is arranged as shown within the interior of theballoon l0, said disc being made of relatively heavy cardboard with arounded or circular periphery and is provided with four peripheralnotches M as shown.

By this arrangement, when the balloon is inflated so as to constitute aglobular chamber substantially in spherical form, by-a slight circularmanipulation with the hands the disc l3 may-be started to roll aroundthe inner periphery of the balloon and may then be kept inrapid rollingmotion by a slight wobbling or rotary motion of the balloon insubstantial unison with the rotation of the disc.

As the disc l3 thus is caused to rotate at high speed, the notches ordiscontinuations M of the periphery thereof cause the edges of thenotches to strike against the periphery of the balloon thus producing ahumming, droning, or buzzing sound closely imitative of a motor runningat high speed and thus making the toy an attractive one for children.The specified form and arrangement disclosed is a simple and effectiveone for the purpose.

appended claim.

I claim:

A sounding toy comprising in combination a thin-walled rubber bodyinflated to globular form, a thin flat disc loosely retained therein andbeing freely slidable over the curved inner wall of the inflated body,the rim of said disc having wide radial notches therein whereby, whenthe inflated body is gyrated, the inflating medium passes through thenotches beneath the flat face of the disc so that, as the disc slides,it is lifted to assume a position in which its rim only bears in rollingcontact against the wall of the body with the corners of the notchesproviding percussion members acting successively against the wall.

SAMUEL GOLD.

